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COVER-UP! FRAGMENT #5 OF THE LOST SUMERIAN TABLETS REVEALED
Sorry we’re so late posting this translation. It first appeared on the web on several different sites in mid July of this year. This translation, according to three independant sources is auth… more →
The Sumerian Scribe
COVER-UP! FRAGMENT #5 OF THE LOST SUMERIAN TABLETS REVEALED
slewsgranger wrote 1 year ago: Sorry we’re so late posting this translation. It first appeared on the web on several differe … more →
A Cosmological Incantation: The Worm and the Toothache
slewsgranger wrote 1 year ago: This incantation is one of most well-known and details the origins of the toothache, placing blame o … more →
The Legend of Sargon
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slewsgranger wrote 1 year ago: “The Legend of Sargon” is an incomplete, Neo-Assyrian story depicting the early years of … more →
Gilgamesh and Agga
slewsgranger wrote 1 year ago: This Sumerian poem is one of the shortest of all Sumerian epic tales at 115 lines of text. Despite i … more →
Adapa * Akkaddian Story of man's mortality
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slewsgranger wrote 1 year ago: Like the Epic of Gilgamesh, the story of Adapa deals with man’s squandered opportunity for gai … more →
Atrahasis * Mesopotamian Flood Hero
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slewsgranger wrote 1 year ago: Before there was Noah, Atrahasis, which means, exceedingly wise, was warned by his God, Ea, of an im … more →
The Deluge
slewsgranger wrote 1 year ago: Sumerian myth concerning the flood, with its Sumerian counterpart of the antediluvian Noah, offers t … more →
CREATION OF MAN BY MOTHER GODDESS
slewsgranger wrote 1 year ago: THIS OLD BABYLONIAN TEXT, THOUGH INCOMPLETE, IS STILL FASCINATING TODAY. THE STORY DESCRIBES … more →
